Learn English Through Football Podcast

The Arsenal vs Liverpool match this weekend was the stand out match in the Premier League, and we'll talk about that game in this week's show. Also on the show, we explain the football phrase 'set up', as well as ask a football news related quiz question. If you'd like the transcript to the show - great for learners and teachers of English - please show your support by becoming a patron (through Patreon) and if you have questions or comments, email us at: [email protected] (Damian=DF, Damon=DB). English Through Football Podcast: 2018 Arsenal vs Liverpool Transcript of the show (6th November 2018) DF: You're listening toA Languagecaster.com's football-language podcast. Hello and welcome everyone to the show for all who love football and who also want to improve their English skills. If you are a regular listener, make sure you tell a friend and get them to check out our show and website. The more the merrier! My name's Damon and I'm living in Tokyo, and I enjoyedA watching the Bournemouth versus Man United game, the Liverpool game against Arsenal, and Spurs versus Wolverhampton last weekend. I thought The Reds were going to bag all the points,A that means get all 3 points, but in truth Arsenal deserved a point. Oh well, next time. Line-up DB: Now, on the show today we'll start with a look at a couple of news stories from the football world before our weekly quiz question, which is connected to derbies.We've got some football language from our archive - to pit against and a look back at three games from the Premier League. To read the rest of the transcript become a Languagecaster.com patron. Check out our glossary of footballing phrases here If you have any suggestions, contact us at [email protected]

The Tottenham vs Manchester City game on Monday night is the big one, and we'll talk about that match in our predictions section. Also on the show, we explain the football phrase 'fringe player', and review some of the stories from the football world, including a nice story on Dulwich Hamlet FC. If you'd like the transcript to the show - great for learners and teachers of English - please show your support by becoming a patron (through Patreon) and if you have questions or comments, email us at: [email protected] (Damian=DF, Damon=DB). English Through Football Podcast: 2018 Tottenham vs Manchester City Transcript of the show (28th October 2018) DB: This isA Languagecaster.com's football-language podcast. Hello and welcome everyone. this podcast is all about football, and is perfect for those wanting to improve their English skills and who love the beautiful game. My name's Damon and I'm living in Tokyo, Japan, where the weather has been nice and cool, with a little rain, some clouds, and enough sunshine to keep everyone cheerful! And down the line is Damian in London. Damian, how's the weather over there and what football have you been watching? DF: Hi Damon and hello to all our listeners. Well, the clocks have changed here in the UK which means that the mornings will be a little lighter but it also means that London is now nine hours behind Tokyo Damon! We're an hour further away. The weather has taken a wintry turn and temperatures have dropped here in London while we have lots of rain and wind as well - winter is coming!. As for football, I watched Tottenham draw against Dutch side PSV in the Champions League on Wednesday - we'll be talking more about that game in our review of the week. I also saw the Barcelona game versus Inter in the same competition in which Barca comfortably defeated the Italian side, while I managed to watch the Leicester City versus West Ham Premier League match yesterday, which we will also be discussing in our football review of the week. How about you, what matches did you watch this week? DB: Well, I watched Liverpool v Crvena Zvezda, known to most English speakers as Red Star Belgrade. Obviously with Liverpool winning comfortably 4-0 - I was pretty pleased! I also saw Juventus and their game at Manchester United - the Italian side looked very good indeed! DF: Yes, probably a team that should make it to the later stages of the Champions League and may go all the way - they looked very confident, but it is still early days. What's on this week's show? Line-up DB: OK, we start with a football-language quiz and there will be a 'clasico' flavour to this week's question. We then have our English for football expression, which this week is 'fringe player'. After that we review some of the language that has emerged from the week in the good, the bad and the ugly. Then we finish off the show with our predictions competition. To read the rest of the transcript become a Languagecaster.com patron. Check out our glossary of footballing phrases here If you have any suggestions, contact us at [email protected]

2018-19 - Chelsea v Manchester United: Chelsea v Manchester United is the standout fixture in the Premier League this weekend. Club football returns after the UEFA Nations League and the international break and we'll be looking at three games from the Premier League in our predictions, including the Chelsea v Manchester United game. We will also have some football language, this week 'a banker', and we've got a language-related quiz question too.

2018 UEFA Nations League - Spain v England: It's an international break this weekend as the UEFA Nations League returns with some high-profile matches involving Spain and England as well as Germany and France. So on this week's show we take a look at some football language connected to the UEFA Nations League, explain the term 'spot kick', make some predictions and ask a football-language quiz question involving the phrase 'to get the nod over'.

In the Premier League this weekend Liverpool v Manchester City is the standout fixture: second versus first. On the podcast we also discuss the football phrase 'to carve open' and ask our topical quiz question. At the end of the show, we'll also give our predictions to three games from this week's round of fixtures.A If you'd like the transcriptA to the show - great for learners and teachers of English - please show your support by becoming a patron (through Patreon) and if you have questions or comments, email us at: [email protected] (Damian=DF, Damon=DB). English Through Football Podcast: 2018-19 Liverpool v Manchester City Transcript of the show DB: You are listening to Languagecaster's football-language podcast. Hello and welcome to the show for all those who love the game of football and who want to improve their English skills too. My name's Damon and Ia€™m based in Tokyo, where I got a little bit sunburnt after attending my daughter's sport's day, but other than that all is good over here in Tokyo and I'm looking forward to the footballA later today. You are listening to languagecaster.com (stinger in Chinese) DB: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that was in Chinese. To start, just a little message to ask for your support. Please do think aboutA becoming a patron through Patreon a€“ just follow the links on our site. It helps us keep the show on the road! And of course, thanks to all those who already do support us through Patreon. OK. Let's kick off with some news from last week in the good, the bad and the ugly. Good DB: Well, this week was a Champions League week, so we'll start there and at Wembley, where Messi put on another master class as Barcelona and Tottenham played out a great game for the neutrals, which ended 4-2 for the Catalan side. To read the rest of the transcript become a Languagecaster.com patron. Check out our glossary of footballing phrases here If you have any suggestions, contact us at [email protected]

A huge weekend of football sees the two unbeaten sides at the top of the Premier League table face off, the top two in Serie A play each other, the Rome derby and the Madrid derby also take place! We'll talk about the good, the bad and the ugly news from last week, feature some English phrases used in football, including the cliche 'no one is biger than the club' and try to predict some of the games in the Premier League in our predictions competition.

In today's football expression we explain the cliche 'no one is bigger than the club' which can be seen a s a type of warning.

2018-19 Week 7 - West Ham v Chelsea: A London derby features in our predictions this week. Also on the show, we will feature some of the stories from the week's Champions League. There's a quiz question focused on some language used this week in the footballing news, and we also feature the football phrase 'breeze past'.

2018-19 Week 6 - Tottenham vs Liverpool:A It's the languagecaster derby! Damian's Tottenham versus Damon's Liverpool.

We explain the football expressions 'unbeaten record' and 'unbeaten run' which are used to describe a team's performance in a competition.

The UEFA Nations League: On this special extra podcast we take a look at the UEFA Nations League and look at some of the language involved with this tournament and answer questions about the format, the rules and what it may mean for the future of European football internationals.

2018-19 - Week 5: It's the international break and club football takes a week off. On this week's football-language podcast we have some international games in our predictions and a football-language quiz question. We also explain the phrase Cruyff turn and review the footballing news, with one story featuring tiny Clapton FC. If you'd like the transcript to the show - great for learners and teachers of English - please show your support by becoming a patron (through Patreon) and if you have questions or comments, email us at: [email protected] (Damian=DF, Damon=DB).

2018-19 - Week 4: In this week's football-language podcast we look back at the Manchester United versus Tottenham and look ahead to some of the big games from this weekend. We also look at the phrase 'put the game beyond', review some of the big news from the world of football, ask a football-language quiz and offer some predictions for the big games.

2018-19 Premier League - Week 3: In this week's football-language podcast we look ahead to the Manchester United versus Tottenham match on Monday. We also explain the football phrase 'deadline-day signing', ask a football-language question and attempt some predictions for the big games this weekend.

2018-19 Premier League Week 2: The Premier League enters its second week, along with Ligue 1 in France. Serie A and La Liga kick off their seasons too, while the last of the Big 5 leagues in Europe, the Bundesliga, will join the action next weekend.

A spell, is a period of time or a piece of magic. It is the former meaning that is most common in football, and the word is usually combined with the words 'good' or 'bad'.

2018-19 Premier League Preview: In this football-language podcast we preview the 2018-19 Premier League season. Can Manchester City retain their title or will their city rivals United challenge them? How will Liverpool fare with their new signings and what about Chelsea and Arsenal with their new managers in charge? Which teams will face a relegation battle and which teams will turn out to be dark horses? If you'd like the transcript to the show - great for learners and teachers of English - please show your support by becoming a patron (through Patreon) and if you have questions or comments, email us at: [email protected]

Season Preview - Tottenham: Damian looks ahead to the new 2018-19 season and wonders what will be in store for his favourite team, Tottenham with a new stadium and lots of 2018 World Cup players in the squad. If you'd like the transcript to the show - great for learners and teachers of English join as a patron...

Season Preview - Liverpool. Damon takes a look at his team, Liverpool, and their chances in the upcoming 2018-19 Premier League season.A

In this football-language podcast we take a look at the second tier of football in England - the Championship. So, in today's show we will be looking at some of the favourites for promotion, possible dark horses, as well as looking at some of the teams that may face a relegation battle in the 2018-19 season.

This is our World Cup 2018 Review. It's one week since the end of the tournament and we take a look at some of the highlights, ask a quiz question, congratulate the winner of our prediction competition and ...

In this World Cup 2018 podcast, we discuss how our predictions went for the matches and before looking forward to the big one!

In this World Cup 2018 podcast, we have a quarter-final review. Eight teams, four games, four winners. Damian and Damon give their thoughts on their quarter-final predictions, the games, and who they think will win the semi-finals. We'll have a short World Cup language section, while we will also take a look at some our listeners' posts and see how the predictions competition is going.

Last 16 Matches - Day 1: In this post we look back at the first two matches from the last 16: France versus Argentina and Portugal against Uruguay and explain some of the language that emerged from the two matches.

In this podcast we review some of the big stories from the group stages at the 2018 World Cup in Russia - Damian and Damon look back at some of the drama that has taken place so far. We also explain some World Cup language, ask a World Cup quiz question, predict some upcoming games and answer some listeners' questions.

2018 World Cup Podcast: Review of Week 1: The 2018 World Cup is now moving into its second week and teams are starting to play their second games of the tournament and so in this podcast Damian and Damon talk about some of the highs and lows of the tournament so far.

2018 World Cup: Review of Week 1 - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. In this listening report we take a look back at some of the good, the bad and the ugly from the first week of the 2018 World Cup. There is a worksheet, with answers, and a full transcript.

In this post, we explain some football expressions to do with late goals, specifically 'late winners', that have featured in the 2018 World Cup's first week.

Groups G and H are the focus on this Learn English Through Football podcast. If you'd like the transcript to the show please become a patron

On today's listening report we take a look at two more of the groups in the 2018 World Cup: Groups C and D. We will also be reminding you about our World Cup predictions competition - there is still time to join!

Groups E and F. The World Cup has started, but not all teams have played yet. On this football-language podcast we preview groups E and F.

2018 World Cup Preview - Groups A and B: Only two days until the 2018 World Cup kicks off in Russia and so on today's football-language podcast we take a look at two of the groups in the tournament: Groups A and B. We will also be looking at our World Cup predictions competition, while there is also a quiz question and some football language explanations. For this audio report there is a transcript and a worksheet, great for learners and teachers of English, which can be freely accessed here.

2018 World Cup Preview: The 2018 World Cup is about to kick off in Russia and on today's football-language podcast we take a look ahead to some of the language-learning resources we will make available over the tournament, including quizzes, transcripts, worksheets and much more. We also have an interview with a football fan in which we look at his predictions for the tournament, explain a new football phrase - 'to run out winners' - and invite you all to take part in our World Cup predictions competition.

2018 End of Season Review: The 2017-18 football season in Europe is now over and we take a look back at some of the big news at the business end of the seasons around Europe in this report. There is a worksheet and transcript ...

2018 Champions League Final: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The 2018 Champions League Final in Kiev saw Real Madrid winning their thirteenth title after a 3-1 victory over Liverpool. In this audio report we look back at some of the good, the bad and the ugly from the final.

Champions League Final 2018: It's the Champions League Final in Kiev this weekend and this is the last podcast for season 2017-18. We will be back in a couple of weeks, however, with our World Cup 2018 podcasts! On the show today, Damian and Damon look back at the seasons for Tottenham and Liverpool and of course give their predictions for the Champions League final. There's some Champions League football phrases explained, too.

The 2017-18 domestic league season is over - congratulations to Manchester City - but this weekend we have the oldest football competition, the FA Cup final, taking place at Wembley. We'll be looking ahead to that game and will also be looking back at some of the big football news from the week including the Europa League final and announcement of World Cup squads. There is also a football quiz question and we explain some football language.

It's the last week and that means the last round of fixtures in the Premier League. The champions of England, Germany, Spain and France have already been crowned, and Juventus are pretty much guaranteed to win Serie A unless Napoli can score a hatful of goals and Juventus slip up in their remaining two fixtures. ON this week's show Damon and Damian discuss the footballing news, including the story of one French team's roller coaster week. There's some football language - this week 50/50, and we'll give our last predictions for Sundays Premier League games. If you'd like the transcript to the show - great for learners and teachers of English - please show your support by becoming a patron (through Patreon) and if you have questions or comments, email us at: [email protected] (Damian=DF, Damon=DB). Patreon - Support Learning English Through Football Transcript of the show (13th May 2018) Learn English Through Football Podcast: The Last Matches! DB: You are listening to languagecaster.com. Hi there everyone. My name's Damon and this is the podcast for fans of the beautiful game and those wanting to improve their English skills. I hope you are well and that you enjoy today's show. Line Up DB: On the show today we'll be looking at three games from the final weekend of football in the Premier League in our predictions section at the end of the show. Big weekend for... To read the rest of the transcript become a Languagecaster.com patron. Check out our glossary of footballing phrases here If you have any suggestions, contact us at [email protected]

It's Real Madrid v Liverpool! The Champions League finalists were decided this week and it's Real Madrid v Liverpool! A hatful of goals were scored over the semi-finals and there will be more on the 26th May in Kiev when these two teams meet. We look at the semi-finals...

What a week of football we've had! On the show today, Damon and Damian review the footballing news, including Liverpool's demolition job on Roma and semi final blues. In the predictions section we focus on teams struggling to avoid the drop, and we have some football language, too - this week give the keeper the eyes.

The 2018 FA Cup Semis: It's the FA Cup Semis! Damon and Damian discuss these two games, the footballing news from the week, including a title for Manchester City, some new football language and we also manage to throw in a quiz question and some predictions, too!

What a week in the Champions League quarter-final second legs! We take a look at some of the stories from those games in this week's Learn English Through Football Podcast. We have a tricky quiz question, and also introduce some English for football phrases, including 'to suffer a defeat'. We also have some exciting games to look forward to in our predictions section including Tottenham v Manchester City, at the end of the show. For those wishing to improve their English, there's a transcript to the show below and if you have questions or comments, email us at: [email protected] (Damian=DF, Damon=DB). Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 Tottenham versus Manchester City DB: You are listening to Languagecaster's football-language podcast. Hi there everyone! Welcome to the show for all those who love football and wish to improve their English skills. My name is Damon and I live in Tokyo where spring has sprung and more importantly, my team's season kicked off this weekend! Football, don't you just love it! Down the line in London is Damian, and I wonder how he is doing? Damian? How are things? DF: Hello Damon and hello to all our listeners. Well done on your first game of the season, how did it go? DB: 2-0 victory! DF: Did you score? DB: I'm a right back! No, I didn't. DF: Well done for the clean sheet though. DB: Yes. DF: Well, finally spring has arrived here in London too with blue skies and sunshine this morning. Ah, finally! What a week of football we have had so far... DB: Indeed. DF: ...the quarter-finals of the two European competitions, that's the Champions League and the Europa League, were amazing. And there are some huge games taking place this weekend too including the Ruhr derby in Germany, the Rome derby in Italy, the Old Firm derby in Scotland, a top-of-the-table clash in Portugal, Man City against Tottenham - wow! Talking of which, Damon, did you watch the Liverpool v Manchester City Champions League second leg? DB: Oh I did - from behind the sofa! It was nail-biting stuff, but I'm bloody well over the moon, the Reds are through to the semis, even if they face a tricky tie against AS Roma. DF: Yes, all games at this stage of the competition are going to be tough but the Roma game will bring back happy memories of the 1984 European Cup final between the two sides when your team won on penalties. DB: They certainly will and of course 1977 too. DF: Of course. Yes, we'll be talking more about the Champions League and Europa League quarter-finals in our review section, which is coming up after this little message. You're listening to languagecaster.com (in Italian) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly DB: Yes you are listening to languagecaster.com. And we'd love more messages in as many different languages as possible, especially with the 2018 World Cup coming up, or if you want to let us know your name, who you support and add 'you are listening to languagecaster.com', do that and send it to us at [email protected]. Right, now time for some news from the footballing week in the good, the bad and the ugly. Damian, what was good? Good DF: OK, I'm going to start with the Champions League and with Roma, who pulled off an amazing come back in the second leg of their quarter-final tie against Barcelona. Down 4-1 from the first leg, Roma overwhelmed Barcelona 3-0 to go through on the away goals rule. Of course, they scored one at the Nou Camp in Barcelona, meaning that although the two result of the two legs finished 4-4, Roma went through. It was simply a remarkable game. DB: Yes. DF: But that wasn't the end of the European comebacks as both Salzburg and Marseille staged amazing comebacks of their own in their Europa League second leg matches. The Austrian team RB Salzburg were 4-2 down from their first leg against Italian team Lazio and then went further behind after the team from Rome scored an away goal but an amazing four-goal blitz in 20 minutes saw the Austrian team qualifying 6-5 on aggregate. French side Marseille also came from behind in their match against RB Leipzig to win 5-2 on the night and 5-3 on aggregate. Amazing stuff indeed. DB: Wow! DF: What about bad, Damon? Bad DB: Well let's stick to the Champions League, and it was a bit bad and sad as Juventus failed to make an even more amazing come back than Roma. The Italian side lost 4-3 on aggregate after getting back into the tie against Real Madrid with three goals, only to see a penalty awarded in injury time against them. Now, the bad was Juve's goalkeeper, Buffon's reaction to the award of the penalty, as he confronted the referee, earning himself a red card - he received his marching orders. And the sad is that it ended that way for such a great player and that a remarkable come back was not to be. Ugly? Ugly DF: Well, for ugly I am going to continue with that Buffon story as his post-match comments were not good

2018 Manchester and Merseyside Derbies: This week's football-language podcast looks back at the Champions League quarter-final first legs and the big derbies taking place over the weekend in the Premier League. We also have a quiz question, explain a new football expression - overhead kick...

2018 Chelsea vs Tottenham: The international friendlies have finished and our attention returns to domestic football this weekend with important games at the top and bottom of the table, including a huge London derby between Chelsea and Tottenham.

International friendlies are taking place around the world as many countries have their eyes on the upcoming World Cup. So on this Learn English Through Football Podcast we discuss some of the news from these games. We will also introduce the football phrase...

2018 FA Cup 6th Round and Champions League Draw

On this week' s Learn English Through Football Podcast we've got lots of football language for those who love football and want to improve their English language skills. We'll talk about the good, the bad and the ugly news from last week, including Dulwich, Davide Astori and some women's football, we also feature some English phrases used in football - to arrest the slide - and look ahead to some of the big games in the Premier League including Manchester United versus Liverpool. There is a transcript to the show on the site and if you have questions or comments, email us at: [email protected]

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 Manchester City v Chelsea

2018 Carabao Cup Final: On this week' s Learn English Through Football Podcast we look ahead to some big games from the weekend including the Carabao Cup final between Man City and Arsenal and a grudge match between Manchester United and Chelsea.

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 FA Cup 5th Round On this week' s Learn English Through Football Podcast we look back at some of the Champions League games and look ahead to the 2018 FA Cup 5th Round. We'll also be explaining lots of football language in the show and try some predictions as well.